Smart city projects rely upon dynamic and complex multi-stakeholder collaboration. This
collaboration can be challenging. In this study, we use an instrumental lens and argue that …

The digital transformation of modern cities by integrating advanced information,
communication, and computing technologies has marked the epoch of data-driven smart city …

Although the citizens' sense of gain (CSG) has become a vital standard reflecting the people-
centric concept, taking into account both objective material gain and subjective spiritual …

This article adopts an interpretive approach to investigate how local policy-makers portray
and justify their own visions of digital governance initiatives at the municipal level. Our …

The use of ICT to optimize urban processes, activities, efficiency and effectiveness of
services turns cities into smart. Smart cities make it necessary to plan, monitor and analyze …

As the populations of cities grow, it is obvious that they need more and more resources.
Energy is currently one of the most desirable resources due to the economic and energy …

Smart cities are commonly seen as places that are defined by surveillance because of their
reliance on vast amounts of digital data to improve urban management challenges. Although …

This article studies how the decision to connect data volumes to value is made by
technologists and governance people in smart cities' datafication process. Its entry point is …

The “actually existing smart city” is a familiar figure and concept within smart environments
research. Usually,“actually existing” analyses challenge the often-hyperbolic proposals for …

In the past decade, the term “Smart City” has become tightly connected with tech-centric
visions for urban environments. As part of these imagined futures, proponents argue that …